<p>Princeton</a> University - Internationally renowned poets to read in inaugural Princeton Poetry Festival
Princeton</a> International Poetry Festival</p>
<p>"Poets from around the world will read and share their work during the inaugural Princeton Poetry Festival Monday and Tuesday, April 27-28, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.</p>
<p>The event, part of the Lewis Center for the Arts Performance Central Program, is free but pre-registration is required. Readings and discussions will run from 2 to 10 p.m. each day.</p>
<p>Hundreds of renowned graduates have studied poetry and the creative arts at Princeton, including Revolutionary War poet Philip Morin Freneau, a member of the class of 1771, and major post-World War II poets William Ralph Meredith '40, Galway Kinnell '48 and W.S. Merwin '48. </p>
<p>Interest in poetry continues to play an essential role in campus life, and the Princeton Poetry Festival is the fruition of a longstanding commitment of Paul Muldoon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who is chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts. Muldoon, who has been thinking about hosting a poetry festival for several years, was pleased to have secured funding for the launch of the inaugural poetry festival this year. He hopes that Princeton will continue to host a biennial international poetry festival in the years to follow.</p>
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<p>With Princeton graduate and poet W.S. Merwin '48 having just won this year's Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (see <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1062361934-post1.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1062361934-post1.html</a> ), the timing of this international poetry festival could not be better.</p>
<p>You can learn more about poetry and the arts at Princeton here:</p>
<p>Creative</a> Writing - Lewis Center for the Arts
Welcome</a> - Lewis Center for the Arts</p>